Re: [IMail Forum] helo message and commands

[Len Conrad]

>The general idea of this is to tell people the name of the server but not what
>it is and what version basically. I know, I'm being a little paranoid...

You�ve probably heard "obscurity isn�t security".  It might help your 
paranoia, but it won�t really stop any cracker.

Anyway, my guess is that scripts don�t read or care what you answer with, 
they  will just start attacking with all the cracks they know.

Len


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